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Sir John Evelyn Leslie Wrench (1882-1966) was actively interested in the unity of the British Empire and his post card activities only occupied a few years of a very active life. As a teenager he founded a post card publisher which expanded in a couple of years to become one of the biggest British publishers - and then went bankrupt because it had expanded too fast. He published a number of Hertfordshire view cards in 1903/4, all but one example seen so far having being printed in Saxony. All cards carry a negative number and those recorded so far are:
- 2195 The Parish Church, Watford
- 2196 The Fig Tree Tomb, Watford
- 2198 The Footbridge, Cassiobury Park, Watford
- 2199 The Swiss Cottage, Cassiobury Park, Watford
- 2664 Woodcock Lane, Hertfordshire (location uncertain)
- 2665 Beckhampton Place, Hertfordshire (location uncertain)
- 4919 Church [Interior], Kings Langley
- 4920 The Old Ruins, Kings Langley
- 4921 Church, Kings Langley (wrongly labelled)
- 4922 The Castle Ruins, Kings Langley ("Wrench" name/logo omitted)
- 4923 The Mill, Kings Langley ("Wrench" name/logo omitted)
- 4924 The Mill Bridge, Kings Langley (pub W. Baldwin)
- 5197 Pound House, Kings Langley (pub W. Baldwin)
- 6288 High Street, Bishops Stortford
- 6290 On the Stort, Bishops Stortford
- 6292 South Street, Bishops Stortford
- 6294 The George Inn, St Albans
- 6295 St Michael's Church, St Albans
- 6296 St Albans Abbey from S.W.
- 6297 St Peter's Church, St Albans
- 6303 French Row, St Albans
- 6304 Sopwell Nunnery, St Albans
- 6307 Town Hall, St Albans
- 7758 Congregational Church, New Barnet
- 7760 Hanley Church, Barnet
- 7762 Church & High Street, High Barnet
- 7765 Wesleyan Church, New Barnet
- 8584 Grand Staircase, Hatfield House
- 8586 View from N.W., Hatfield House
- 8587 South Front, Hatfield House
- 8631 Cassiobury Park, Watford
- 8632 The Chalet, Cassiobury Park, Watford
- 8638 Waterfall, Cassiobury Park, Watford
If you know of other Hertfordshire cards in the series please let me have details.
I would be particularly interested if there were any on undivided backs, or cards with a style and number which suggests they were in the Wrench series but which do not carry the Wrench name/logo
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